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Eusebio Blanco
Personal information
Full name	Eusebi Blanco i Añaños
Date of birth	17 September 1896
Place of birth	Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Date of death	22 April 1982 (aged 85)
Place of death	Lleida, Catalonia, Spain
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team
1916–1917	FC Espanya
1917–1921	Barcelona
1921–1923	FC Espanya
1923–1925	Martinenc
1925–1927	Lleida
International career
1918	Catalonia
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Eusebi Blanco i Añaños (17 September 1896 – 22 April 1982) was a Spanish footballer who played as a midfielder for FC Espanya and Barcelona.^[1]^[2] After retiring, he became renowned jeweller.^[3]

Playing career

Club career

Born on 17 September 1896 in Barcelona, Blanco began his football career in his hometown club FC Espanya in 1916, aged 20,^[2]^[4] and after only one season, he was signed by FC Barcelona in 1917, remaining there for four years until 1921,^[2] playing his last match for the club in a friendly against Cardiff Corinthians on 4 May.^[5] In total, he played 19 official matches for Barça, helping the club win back-to-back Catalan championships in 1919 and 1920,^[2] and to reach the final of the 1919 Copa del Rey on 18 May, which he played in an eventual 5–2 loss in extra-time.^[6] A week later, on 25 May, he started against the Catalan national team in a tribute match to the runner-ups, which ended in a 1–0 win.^[7]

On 9 June 1918, Blanco was the subject of a tribute match, along with Pepe Rodríguez; Barcelona defeated CE Europa 4–1.^[8] In 1921 he returned to Espanya, where he played two more seasons until 1923, when he moved to Martinenc, where he played a further two seasons.^[2] In 1925 he signed for Lleida,^[2] a club where he had already played a match on loan in 1924,^[9] and in doing so, he became the first professional player to play in the city.^[2]^[10]

Later life and death

Upon retiring, Blanco founded the Blanco jewelry store in the city of Lleida, which was the most important in the entire province.^[2]^[3]^[10] He later became vice-president of the Lleida delegation of the Catalan Athletics Federation,^[11] and a member of the management committee that led the UE Lleida in 1962.^[12]

Blanco died in Barcelona on 22 April 1982, at the age of 85.^[10]

Honours

FC Barcelona

Catalan championship
- Champions (2): 1918–19 and 1919–20^[2]

Copa del Rey
- Runner-up (1): 1919

References

^ "Blanco, Eusebio Blanco Añaños - Footballer". www.bdfutbol.com. Retrieved 24 December 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ "Eusebi Blanco Añaños stats". players.fcbarcelona.com. Retrieved 24 December 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Blanco: Del campo a la joyería" [Blanco: From the field to jewelry]. www.sport.es (in Spanish). 12 February 2016. Retrieved 24 December 2024.
^ "España - Sabadell". hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 19 June 1916. p. 3. Retrieved 24 December 2024.
^ "Barcelona develops its great program" [El Barcelona desarrolla su magno programa]. hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 5 May 1921. p. 1. Retrieved 24 December 2024.
^ "Spain - Cup 1919". RSSSF. 12 February 2001. Retrieved 24 December 2024.
^ "Partido de simpatia al Barcelona" [Sympathy party for Barcelona]. hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 29 May 1919. p. 4. Retrieved 24 December 2024.
^ "1918 Homenaje a Blanco y Rodríguez" [1918 Tribute to Blanco and Rodríguez]. hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 9 June 1988. p. 30. Retrieved 24 December 2024.
^ "En Tàrrega". hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 30 April 1924. p. 3. Retrieved 24 December 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Falleció Eusebio Blanco" [Death of Eusebio Blanco]. hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 23 April 1982. p. 7. Retrieved 24 December 2024.
^ "La Federation Catalana se expansiona" [The Catalan Federation expands]. hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 11 August 1926. p. 2. Retrieved 24 December 2024.
^ "Una comisión gestora sucede a don Antonio Teixidó en la presidencia de la UD Lérida" [A management committee succeeds Don Antonio Teixidó in the presidency of UD Lérida]. hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 11 June 1962. p. 12. Retrieved 24 December 2024.